RezHub.com has pioneered new ground once again in the green-travel marketplace with the integration of green travel search functionality, becoming the first travel site to incorporate “Green Score” ratings and information in every hotel search. This new feature allows travelers to learn about environmentally friendly lodging options within all search results, including their Green Score [...]

RezHub.com has pioneered new ground once again in the green-travel marketplace with the integration of green travel search functionality, becoming the first travel site to incorporate “Green Score” ratings and information in every hotel search. This new feature allows travelers to learn about environmentally friendly lodging options within all search results, including their Green Score rating and information about the steps they are taking for the planet.

As a part of their mission to bring green travel to everyone and for every trip, RezHub donates 20 percent of the proceeds from every trip booked at their Green Travel Hub to a customer-chosen, nonprofit group. They make that donation whether the travel booked is standard travel or travel that is actually labeled green.

In the U.S. alone, RezHub.com offers bookings with more than 35,000 hotels, nearly 1,000 of which have earned a RezHub Green Score. Bookings with eco-friendly hotels are also available in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Germany and the United Kingdom.

The “Green Score” is derived from a list of Green Amenities, or steps that a hotel can take to help protect the planet. They give each amenity a point value of 1, 2, or 3 (an amenity with 3 points takes a lot more effort for a hotel to achieve than an amenity with 1 point). Next, they add up the points for each hotel and give them a Green Score. Each hotel is awarded one Green Branch for each score level they achieve. Hotels need to show that they are participating in or incorporating at least one of the Green Amenities to get started in the program. Some examples of Green Amenities are: participation in an energy conservation program, donating to nonprofits, serving organic food, using compact fluorescent lighting, and the list goes on.

RezHub is working to green up the travel industry by showing customers that green travel options are readily available around the world. “We want people to know that they don’t have to go to extremes to have a green vacation,” says marketing executive for the site, Melissa Evans. “Brands that we all know and love are taking some big steps for the planet, and we’re helping our customers see that every trip can be green.”

For more information, visit RezHub online here.